Gloucestershire Functional Families Team
- Local Offer
The Gloucestershire Functional Families Team (GFFT) is part of CAMHS and provides therapeutic family intervention to help young people aged between 10- 17 years at risk of offending behaviour or being taken into care and their families.
The countywide service works with young people and their families/carers through 8-20 sessions over 3-6 months to look into unhelpful patterns of behaviour and to develop positive change with a focus on relationships.
What we do
Functional Family Therapy is a strength-based programme designed to increase hope, communication and supportiveness while decreasing blame, negativity and dysfunctional patterns of behaviour.
We look at the family and wider relationships and work together to develop strategies aimed at improving family relationships and skills are focused on achieving change based upon unique challenges, individual qualities and strengths of each family. Behaviour change is planned to minimise risks and maximise protective factors for each family.
We work to establish rapport with all family members and aim for lasting change. We help to plan for maintaining progress and planning for being able to manage future challenges.
Areas of focus include:
- offending
- family relationships
- communication
- substance misuse
- aggression or conflict
- child sexual exploitation/criminal exploitation
- truancy or poor school attendance
- running away or going missing
- mental health
Who to contact
- Contact Name
- Layla Betteridge
- Contact Position
- Team Manager
- Telephone
- 01452 427488 01452 427488
- fftreferrals@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Where to go
- Name
- Shire Hall
- Address
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2nd Floor Block 6,
Westgate St,
Gloucester
Gloucestershire - Postcode
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GL1 2TGGet directions to GL1 2TG
Availability
- Age Ranges
- Referral required
- Referral Details
For further information or to make a referral, please contact the GFF Team on 01452 427488 or email FFTreferrals@gloucestershire.gov.uk.
We strongly advise a consultation with team manager prior to making a referral to ensure the family meet our inclusion criteria. Please contact via the email address to arrange a consultation if you wish to discuss a potential referral.
- Other notes
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 10-17
- At risk of going in to care or custody
- Living at home
Local Offer
- Local Offer Age Bands
- 11-16 (Secondary School)
- SEN Provision Type
- Specialist
SEND Local Offer Form
- Who is your service for?
- Specialist
- Local Offer Age Bands
- 11-16 (Secondary School)
- Is the building fully wheelchair accessible?
- No
- Is there disabled changing and toilet facilities?
- No
- Describe any training or experience you/your staff, have had or are having in issues around SEND?
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Whilst we do work with young people who have special educational needs and may have an EHCP this is not an area of specific focus for our service and we do not see families in our office.
- Experience of working with children and young people with the following disabilities/additional needs.
- ADD/ADHD
- Asthma
- Cerebral Palsy
- Autistic Spectrum Disorders
- Challenging Behaviours
- Diabetes
- Dyslexia / Dyspraxia
- Emotional behaviour difficulties
- Epilepsy
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